Ray D. Nixon Power Plant

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) received a grant from the DOE to work with Foster Wheeler Power to build a new 150 MW circulating fluidized bed coal plant. Subsequently, Foster Wheeler’s weak financial standing resulted in its removal from the NYSE, raising questions about the feasibility of the project. The coal plant project has been on hold since 2003, when CSU informed the DOE that an Electric Integrated Resource plan did not support the need for 150 MW of additional power by 2008.

In 2007 the Sierra Club reported that the project had been abandoned.

Project Details
Sponsor: DOE/Colorado Springs Utilities/Foster Wheeler Location: Colorado Springs, CO Size: 150 MW Type: Circulating fluidized bed Projected in service: 2008 Status: Project abandoned

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